The Fight Against the 'Sheriff Joe' of Massachusetts

05/06/20 • 25 min

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson —a frequent Fox News guest and Trump favorite who some call the Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Massachusetts— is facing a lawsuit from Boston's Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) regarding immigration detention during the COVID-19 crisis. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela talks to LCR Executive Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal about the lawsuit and what comes next.

Featured image via Bristol County Sheriff's Office (Public Domnai)

Featured image via Bristol County Sheriff's Office (Public Domnai)

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Of Earthquakes and Pandemics

Less than 36 hours after Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez announced that the U.S. territory would gradually reopen in the middle of a global coronavirus pandemic, another earthquake struck the island's southern region.

Crisis response in Puerto Rico continues to be a challenge, and questions still remain if the Vázquez administration is even following the advice of scientists and public health officials. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Mónica Feliú-Mójer of CienciaPR to discuss.

Featured Image: A resident wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus as he looks at damage caused by a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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Featured image: People take part in the annual Gay Pride parade in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, 2018. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)